Danielle Swan
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Danielle Swan
Professional Teacher
Teaches
English
Native
Afrikaans
Speaks
German
Other
✅Certified 💡3 Yrs Experience ❤️Passionate 🌈Experienced with Hebrew & Chinese KIDS learning English
Teaches
English
Native
Afrikaans
Speaks
German
Other
✅Certified 💡3 Yrs Experience ❤️Passionate 🌈Experienced with Hebrew & Chinese KIDS learning English
From South AfricaLiving in Other, South Africa (03:57 UTC+02:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Jun 10, 2021Interest topicTravelEnvironment & NatureHistoryScienceFood
Hi! I'm Danielle and I'm from sunny South Africa.🌞 Here's a bit about me:
➡️Some slots are reserved for regular students. Please message me.🙏⬅️
✨ I'm a proud mom and passionate teacher with a love for languages!
✨ I'm patient, friendly, fun-loving, open-minded and easy to talk to.
✨ I'm TEFL-certified.
✨ I've taught beginner to advanced students of all ages.
✨ I have 2+ years experience teaching children and adults online.
✨ I am currently studying part-time towards a BA degree (English and Psychology).
✨ My home languages are English AND Afrikaans, and my accents are neutral and easy to understand.
✨ On weekends I like to spend time with my family (so sadly, I don't teach on weekends).Me as a Teacher
✅ I'm an organized, patient, friendly and flexible teacher.
✅ I love talking about a wide range of topics and always help my students feel comfortable and confident to express themselves in our lessons.
✅ I have a GA Level 5 Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, including teaching Business English online.
✅ I aim to help improve all your language skills, but building your confidence to speak is my first priority.
✅ I also learn every day & try to continuously improve on my teaching style and methods.
🌈 I teach students with any native language, but I have the most experience teaching English to Hebrew & Chinese kids. I have learned what they struggle with and how to help them!My lessons & teaching style
⭐⭐⭐ Most of my students reserve a fixed weekly time slot (same time each week), so please contact me before booking.
⭐ My teaching style is relaxed and comfortable. My main goal is to make you feel confident to express yourself.
⭐ I adapt to each student's unique needs and learning style.
⭐ I provide comprehensive courses or personalized individual lessons.
⭐ Homework is available but optional.
⭐ I prefer to use ZOOM.
✨KIDS:✨
🌈 My kids classes are energetic and fun! We sing songs, laugh and play games while encouraging progress and speaking confidence.
🌈 I use fun reward systems to motivate and engage students.
🌈 I provide parents with progress reports.
🌈 Only 30 or 45 min lessons.My teaching material
- PDF file
- Audio files
- Flashcards
- Text Documents
- Image files
- Articles and news
- Graphs and charts
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Video files
- Homework Assignments
- Quizzes
Certificates
GA Level 5 Diploma in TEFL (320 Hours) - i-to-i TEFL - 2020In this course I studied i.e. lesson planning; creating effective and engaging lesson plans; teaching vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, as well as the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking); teaching English one-to-one & online; teaching Business English; practical lesson delivery; classroom/student management techniques; various methodologies; teaching young learners, teenagers and adults; and how to teach and test students on various language levels (beginner to advanced).
Certificate uploaded
Teaching experience
2021 - 2023
Online English TeacherI taught at Online Kids Academy (an online English language school based in Turkey) since mid 2021, teaching English to young students age 3-16 years at all proficiency levels.
2021 - 2021
Online English TeacherI taught English at Dazao (an online English language school based in China) during June/July 2021, teaching English to mainly Chinese students age 3-16 years at all proficiency levels.
2014 - 2014
Private Tutor (pre-school level)I was a private tutor homeschooling a 4-year-old girl at pre-school level. This education included all foundation phase topics, such as early mathematics; number, shape and colour recognition; letters, sounds and phonics (English and Afrikaans); early life skills, etc.
2021 - 2024
Professional TeacherI have been teaching English and Afrikaans here on italki since 2021. I've worked with just over 70 students so far (up to 2024) and taught close to 3000 lessons. My students usually stay with me long-term as I've been working with most of them for 1-2 years up to now. I've taught mostly children and teens (from beginner to upper-intermediate level), but also many adults in Afrikaans, Business English, General English and conversational classes.
Education
2017 - 2019
Bachelor’s - BCompt. Financial Accounting (Incomplete)I studied towards a bachelor’s degree in Financial Accounting for 5 semesters before realising that a career in accounting was not for me, even though I passed every module with distinction. These subjects included Economics, Business Management, Commercial Law, Financial Accounting, Tax, Auditing and Financial Mathematics. I elected to pursue teaching as a primary career instead and focus on my own new business I had just started. I had, however, gained valuable experience in Business English.
Work Experience
2015 - 2021
Retail Store ManagerMy family and I opened this business in 2015, and I had been operating as the overall manager. My responsibilities include (i.e.): operational and financial management; customer/supplier communications; conflict-resolution and problem-solving; productivity management; training, managing, and leading the staff; stock management; teaching jewellery-making classes and creating the courses; and designing promotional material.
5.0
Rating
74
Students
3,078
Lessons
100%
Attendance
100%
Response
Afrikaans Lessons
Afrikaans
English
Trial Lesson
41 lessons completed
USD 7.00+
Alles Afrikaans! (Everything Afrikaans!)
A1 - C2General78 lessons completed
USD 15.00+
Package with 6% off
Kom ons gesels in Afrikaans!! (Afrikaans conversation practice) 💬🗨️
B1 - C2Conversation Practice19 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
Package with 8% off
ENGLISH/AFRIKAANS: 🌸Spring Conversation Special, A2+🌸 (24 April - 8 May)
A2 - C2Conversation Practice2 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
53 Reviews
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Afrikaans
English
amit kanfer
85 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Danielle was our son's teacher for a full year, and we couldn't have asked for more.
Danielle had a lot of patience and empathy, and our son is in a much much better place thanks to his time with Danielle.
Our son was always happy to spend time with Danielle, sometimes even 3 times a week, and that tells the whole story.
Highly recommended, great teacher with a very fair price. Thank you so much!
Dec 21, 2023
Vyacheslav Tkachenko
100 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
I highly recommend Danielle as a teacher of English. If you are looking for a structured and professional approach to learning where different quality materials are used, you have got on the right page)
I have been studying English with Danielle for 4 months, business communication and general topics are preferred. I constantly notice how my knowledge improves every day.
Danielle is always prepared, attentive to details, and designs each lesson according to my needs or learning gaps) Moreover, she is always ready to break the ice and clear the air during conversations to find a common ground👌
Thanks for all the productive lessons🤝
May 25, 2022
Andrei
121 English lessons
Teacher’s pick
Danielle is an exceptional teacher. She has been teaching English to my daughter and we are in awe about her approach. The lessons are great fun, Danielle knows exactly how to keep a child interested and motivated using plenty of tricks, props, games, and songs.
She has been very attentive to our needs and is focusing on the aspects of the language needing attention.
We are very happy to have found Danielle and I can wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone.
Jul 7, 2021
Vitaliy Aleksandrov
1 English lesson
Danielle is amazing and absolutely friendly teacher, her lesson was very useful for me.
Feb 23, 2024
Zea
78 English lessons
She is really good teacher.
She has nice skills to encourage student.
Aug 30, 2023
Alex Larson
23 Afrikaans lessons
First Lesson was a success! love it all forgot to say baie dankie!!
Aug 23, 2023
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